Dungeon, a lake in the N of Kells parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 8 miles NW by W of New Galloway. Lying 1025 feet above sea-level, it is ¾ mile long, and from ¾ furlong to ¼ mile wide; it contains both trout and char; and it sends off a rivulet to Pulharrow Burn, an affluent of the Ken.—Ord. Sur., sh. 8, 1863.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)